BLOOMSBURG—The Bloomsburg University wrestling team rallied from an 18-12 deficit to tie the match at 18-18 with one bout remaining against George Mason University on Saturday afternoon at the Nelson Field House. However, the Patriots came away with a 24-18 victory after winning the final match of the day by fall.  It was the EWL (Eastern Wrestling League) opener for both teams.
 
The match was back and forth from the start with the Patriots jumping out to a 6-0 lead after the heavyweight match (the day began with the 285 lb. bout). The Huskies though rallied and took a 9-6 lead after win by major decision from Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley) at 125 lbs. and a victory by technical fall from Matt Noble (Bridgewater, NJ/DePaul Catholic (NJ)) at 133 lbs. Both Girard and Noble dominated their matches with Girard posting a 13-1 win and Noble winning, 25-9.
 
George Mason came back and regained the lead at 12-9 with wins at 141 and 149 lbs. Bloomsburg, though, picked up a win by decision from Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) at 157 lbs. to knot the score at 12-12.
 
The Patriots bounced back and got a second period fall at 165 lbs. to regain the lead, 18-12, before the Huskies rallied again to tie the match. Trevor Allard (Mexico, NY/Mexico) won 5-3 at 174 lbs. and Kyle Murphy (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) posted a 4-0 win at 184 lbs. to bring the match down to the final bout.
 
At 197 lbs the Huskies Tyler Worthing (New Kensington, Pa/Kiski Area) was the aggressor early in the action continually looking for the takedown against Matt Meadows with Meadows being called for stalling just a minute into the action. Then with about 30 seconds to go in the period some hand fighting took place with Meadows rolling into a takedown. He quickly got Worthing tilted and scored the win by fall with 10 seconds to go in the period giving the visitors the win.
 
Bloomsburg is now 3-5, 0-1 EWL, while the Patriots go to 1-3, 1-0 in the EWL. Bloomsburg wrestles at the PSAC Championships on Dec. 10 at Lock Haven.
 
 
George Mason 24 Bloomsburg 18
285: Matt Voss (GEMA) over Bruce Graeber (Feasterville, Pa./Neshaminy) (BLOO) (Fall 5:31)
125: Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley) (BLOO) over Quinton Tucker (GEMA) (MD 13-1)
133: Matt Noble (Bridgewater, NJ/DePaul Catholic (NJ)) (BLOO) over Lio Quezada (GEMA) (TF 25-9 6:44)
141: Tejon Anthony (GEMA) over Grant Bond (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs) (BLOO) (Dec 10-4)
149: Sahid Kargbo (GEMA) over Kevin Laubach (Berwick, Pa./Berwick Area) (BLOO) (Dec 9-5)
157: Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown) (BLOO) over Matt Raines (GEMA) (Dec 12-7)
165: Garrett Tingen (GEMA) over Reid Stanley (Fredericksburg, OH/Waynedale) (BLOO) (Fall 3:27)
174: Trevor Allard (Mexico, NY/Mexico) (BLOO) over Patrick Davis (GEMA) (Dec 5-3)
184: Kyle Murphy (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan) (BLOO) over Daniel Mika (GEMA) (Dec 4-0)
197: Matt Meadows (GEMA) over Tyler Worthing (New Kensington, Pa/Kiski Area) (BLOO) (Fall 2:50)
 
Bloomsburg University Wrestling play-by-play vs. George Mason University
Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016
 
285 -  Matthew Voss (Edgewood, WA/Puyallup) vs.  Bruce Graeber (Feasterville, Pa./Neshaminy)
Not much going on in the first minute of this one … Voss is awarded a takedown after getting Graeber on the ground, and Graeer quickly escapes … back in neutral now, the two lock arms … Graeber tries to sweep the leg of Voss, but is unsuccessful before scoring another takedown … 4-1 Voss after the first period, and Graeber will begin the second period on defense … Graeber tries to escape, but Voss jumps on his back and keeps him down … Graeber with a near escape on one leg, but trips up and Voss has him back on the mat … Voss now has two minutes of riding time … still 4-1 Voss at the end of the second period … Graeber will start the third period in defensive … Voss reverses, and extends his lead to 6-1 … Voss pins Graeber at 5:31.
 
125 – Quinton Tucker (Hampton, Va./Kecoughton) Willy Girard (Williamstown, Pa/Williams Valley)
Girard scores a takedown 15 seconds into the first period … the two go out of bounds … Girard has Tucker by the arms on the mat … Girard now with a minute of riding time … the two go out of bounds … Girard still has Tucker down on the mat as the riding time passes two minutes … the first period ends with Girard up 2-0 … Girard begins the second period on defense … technical violation on Tucker will make it 3-0 Girard … Tucker's left leg is wrapped around Girard's torso … stall warning issued to Tucker … Girard comes close to escaping, but Tucker is able to slam him back down to the mat … Girard scores a reversal immediately followed by a four-point near fall to make it 9-0 Girard … into the third period now, Girard scores a takedown to increase his lead to 11-0 … stalemate issued … second stall warning will award Girard with another point … Tucker escapes with 10 seconds left in the match … Girard wins by major decision, 13-1.
 
133 – Lio Quezada (Winchester, Va./John Handley) vs. Matt Noble (Bridgewater, NJ/DePaul Catholic (NJ))
Noble scores a takedown immediately … Quezada escapes shortly after … Noble scores another takedown to extend his lead to 4-1 … four-nearfall for Noble, who now leads 8-1 … Quezada escapes, and Noble scores his third takedown of the period to make it 10-2 … Quezada gets his third escape of the period, and Noble follows that with his fourth takedown … stalemate issued as the two go out of bounds … Quezada gets his fourth escape of the period … another stalemate out of bounds … the first period ends with Noble leading 12-4 … Quezada will start the second period on defense … he escapes but Noble will get another takedown … stalemate issued after Quezada gets his sixth escape of the match … another Noble takedown, 16-6 now … stalemate issued … Quezada scores another escape … stalling issued to Quezada … Noble with another takedown, the score is 18-7 Noble after the second period … the third period begins with Quezada on defense … Noble reverses, and Quezada escapes to make it 20-8 … Noble with 2:45 in riding time … stalemate issued … Noble with another takedown, his 11^th of the match … Quezada gets his ninth reversal of the bout … Noble with his 12^th takedown … Noble with a technical fall, Noble wins the match by major decision 25-9.
 
141 – Tejon Anthony (Baltimore, Md./Western Tech) vs. Grant Bond (Carlisle, Pa./Boiling Springs)
Not much happening in the first minute of the bout … the two struggle trying to pick up an advantage … Anthony scores a takedown after two minutes spent in neutral … the two wrestle out of bounds … Bond escapes with 30 seconds left in the first period … the first period ends with Anthony leading 2-1 … Bond begins the second period on defense and escapes 15 seconds into the period to tie the match … Anthony extends his lead with a takedown … Anthony has a minute of riding time now … Bond escapes with 30 seconds left in the period … the second period ends with Anthony leading 4-3 … Anthony begins the third period  on defense as this crucial third period begins … Anthony is able to stand up and escape to extend his lead to 5-3 … Bond dives at the leg, and Anthony is able to counter and turn it into a takedown … stalemate … Bond escapes with 52 seconds left in the match to make it 7-4 … Anthony takedown with 25 seconds left … Anthony wins by decision, 10-4.
 
149 –  Sahid Kargbo (Alexandria, Va / Hayfield) vs. Kevin Laubach (Berwick, Pa./Berwick Area)
No score after the first minute … Kargbo with a takedown … Laubach escapes … 2-1 after the first period … Kargbo begins the second period on defense … Kargbo with a reversal to extend his lead to 4-1 … Kargbo with a minute of riding time now … stall warning issued to Kargbo … Laubach escapes, and the score at the end of the second period is 4-2 … Laubach begins the third period on defense … Laubach escapes to make it a 4-3 match … Kargbo with another takedown to make it 6-3, but Laubach escapes … stalemate as the two go out of bounds … Kargbo with his fourth takedown of the match to make it 8-4 … Laubach escapes with five seconds left in the match, and Kargbo will win by decision, 9-5.
 
157 – Matthew Rains (Warrenton, Va./Fauquier High) vs. Brendon Colbert (Hagerstown, Md./North Hagerstown)
Colbert with a takedown to open up the scoring … Rains spins around trying to escape, but Colbert is able to keep him under control … Colbert now with a minute of riding time, Rains escapes … stalemate out of bounds … stall warning issued to Rains, Colbert with his second takedown to make it 4-1 … Rains escapes to cut Colbert's lead in half … 4-2 at the end of the first period … Colbert begins the second period on defense … Colbert escapes, and the two are now back in neutral … Colbert scores his third takedown of the match to make it 7-2, and that will be the score at the end of the second period … Rains will start the third period  on defense … Rains escapes less than 10 seconds into the third period … Colbert with a takedown, Rains escapes right away … stalemate issued … Colbert scores another takedown to make it 11-4 … Rains escapes … Rains scores a takedown as time expires, and with a riding time point Colbert wins by decision, 12-7.
 
165 – Garrett Tingen (Mineral, Vs./Fauquier) vs. Reid Stanley (Fredericksburg, OH/Waynedale)  
Nothing after the first minute of this one … stalemate at the end of two minutes … scoreless after the first period … Tingen elects to begin the second period on defense … Tingen pins Stanley at 3:27 to win the match.
 
174 – Patrick Davis (Bridgeville, Del./Woodbridge) vs. Trevor Allard (Mexico, NY/Mexico)
Davis scores a takedown after a minute of action … stalemate issued … stall warning issued to Davis … another stall warning issued to Davis, awarding Allard a point to make it 2-1 … Allard escapes to tie the match … Allard gets a takedown to take a 4-2 lead, and that will be the score at the end of the first period … Davis will take defensive to  begin the second period, and escapes less than five seconds into the period … still 4-3 with 30 seconds to go in the period … stalemate issued right before the endo of the second period … Allard will start the third period on defense … Allard with an escape to make it 5-3 … stalemate issued … not much happening in the final minute, and Allard will win by a 5-3 decision.
 
184 – Daniel Mika (Fairfax, Va./Robinson) vs. Kyle Murphy (Bridgewater, NJ/Bridgewater-Raritan)
Not much action in the first minute of the bout … stalemate issued a minute in … no scoring after two minutes … stall warning issued to both men right before the end of the first period, which ends scoreless … Murphy begins the second period on defense, and escapes right away … stall warning issued to Mika, which awards Murphy a point to make  it 2-0 at the end of the second period … Mika starts the third period on defense … he tries to escape but Murphy is able to bring him back down to the mat … stalemate issued with 1:10 left in the match … 3-0 Murphy with another stall warning issued to Mika … Murphy has 1:58 of riding time at the end of the bout, and will win by a 4-0 decision.
 
197 – Matt Meadows (Medina, Ohio/Cuyohoga Val. Christian) vs. Tyler Worthing (New Kensington, Pa/Kiski Area)
The match score is tied at 18 heading into this last bout … stall warning issued to Meadows just over a minute into the first period … Meadows scores a takedown to take a 2-0 lead … Meadows pins Worthing at 2:50 to win by fall.

Final score: George Mason 24, Bloomsburg 18